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<p>"At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed the lives of two million people per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated and victory was declared across the globe. Yet the story of smallpox remains the exception, as today a host of deadly contagions, from polio to AIDS, continue to threaten human health around the world. Spanning three centuries, The End of Plagues weaves together the discovery of vaccination, the birth and growth of immunology, and the fight to eradicate the world's most feared diseases. From Edward Jenner's discovery of vaccination in 1796, to the early nineteenth-century foundling voyages in which chains of orphans, vaccinated one by one, were sent to colonies around the globe, to the development of polio vaccines and the stockpiling of smallpox as a biological weapon in the Cold War, world-renown immunologist John Rhodes charts our fight against these plagues, and shows how vaccinations gave humanity the upper hand. Today, aid groups including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Health Organization have made the eradication of polio a priority, and Rhodes takes us behind the scenes to witness the hard-fought battles of scientist, philanthropists, volunteers, and more, and how soon we may be celebrating the eradication of a second infectious disease, polio"--Provided by publisher.</p>

xii, 235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm

The end of plagues : the global battle against infectious disease / John Rhodes.

<p>One of a series of 104 (?) cigar bands issued by Fábrica de Tabacos Alvaro in Tenerife in 1972 showing winners of the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine from 1901.</p>

Serie premios Nobel medicina y fisiologia

1 sheet : color illustrations, portrait ; 72 x 150 mm.

Frank McFarlane Burnet : Australia 1960 / Fábrica de Tabacos Alvaro.

Peter Brian Medawar : Gran Bretaña 1960 / Fábrica de Tabacos Alvaro.

Adverse effects of vaccines : evidence and causality / Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice ; Kathleen Stratton [and others], editors.

456 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

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Virus Diseases - prevention & control

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The end of plagues : the global battle against infectious disease / John Rhodes.

Frank McFarlane Burnet : Australia 1960 / Fábrica de Tabacos Alvaro.

Peter Brian Medawar : Gran Bretaña 1960 / Fábrica de Tabacos Alvaro.

Adverse effects of vaccines : evidence and causality / Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice ; Kathleen Stratton [and others], editors.

Microbe hunters, then and now / edited by Hilary Koprowski, Michael B.A. Oldstone.

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Virus Diseases - prevention & control

Catalogue

The end of plagues : the global battle against infectious disease / John Rhodes.

Frank McFarlane Burnet : Australia 1960 / Fábrica de Tabacos Alvaro.

Peter Brian Medawar : Gran Bretaña 1960 / Fábrica de Tabacos Alvaro.

Adverse effects of vaccines : evidence and causality / Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice ; Kathleen Stratton [and others], editors.

Microbe hunters, then and now / edited by Hilary Koprowski, Michael B.A. Oldstone.

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